Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister on Monday extended wishes to the countrymen on the occasion of ‘Hindi Diwas’. Taking to Twitter, the Prime Minister also congratulated the linguists who have contributed to the development of the Hindi language.
“Best wishes to everyone on Hindi Diwas. My heartiest congratulations to all the linguists who contributed to the development of Hindi (language) on this occasion,” the prime minister tweeted in Hindi.
हिन्दी दिवस पर आप सभी को बहुत-बहुत शुभकामनाएं। इस अवसर पर हिन्दी के विकास में योगदान दे रहे सभी भाषाविदों को मेरा हार्दिक अभिनंदन।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 14, 2020
While extending wishes on Hindi Diwas, Home Minister Amit Shah said that the language has been working to “unify the whole country” since centuries and appealed to the people to use the Hindi language along with their mother tongue.
“Hindi is an unbreakable part of India’s culture. During Independence struggle, the Hindi language was one of the biggest media to unite people,” Shah said in a thread of tweets in Hindi. Modi government’s new National Education Policy will help the development of Hindi and other languages as well, he added.
आज हिंदी दिवस के अवसर पर मैं इसके सशक्तिकरण में योगदान देने वाले सभी महानुभावों को नमन करता हूँ और देशवासियों से यह आवाहन भी करता हूँ कि अपनी मातृभाषा के साथ-साथ हिंदी का अधिक से अधिक प्रयोग कर उनके संरक्षण व संवर्धन में अपना योगदान देने का संकल्प लें।
हिंदी दिवस की शुभकामनाएं।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) September 14, 2020
The Hindi language was first adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India as the official language on September 14, 1949, and it was recognised as an official language on January 26, 1950.
Hindi is also the fourth most spoken language in the world with 258 million native speakers.
